Chapter 33: Golden Rat
Although Dong Jing's words sounded convincing, evidence was still needed.
I was about to retort when my cousin stopped me.
"Although what Dong Jing said may not be true, after all, there are too many rumors outside. They are also a big family, so naturally there are more rumors. But there is one thing I must remind you of. This villa was previously in the name of the Chen family's adopted son and Boss Chen. Later, after Boss Chen died, the will changed it to give it to the eldest son of the Chen family."
I frowned, looking confused.
How could something under the name of Chen family's adopted son be given to the eldest son of the Chen family?
If it is really a will, then it should be the property jointly owned by two people.
"You may not know this, but this villa was given to Boss Chen by the adopted son of the Chen family. Although his name was on the villa at the time, the notarized document was given along with the villa. The notarized document states that the adopted son of the Chen family has his name on the villa, but does not have the right to make decisions or use it."
I listened to what my cousin said and took a deep breath.
Then isn't the adopted son of the Chen family just shooting himself in the foot?
This villa looks like it costs a lot of money, but it was given away all of a sudden. No one can accept this.
Especially for someone like me who values money so much, I started to feel uncomfortable when I heard about this.
"You are just inexperienced and only care about the immediate benefits."
As my cousin said this, he hit me on the head.
I was also stunned by him and looked at him with some confusion.
Dong Jing stretched out his hand to block his cousin, signaling him not to do anything.
Then he told me, "You really don't know that exchanging a villa for 30% of the shares of Chen Group seems to be just a drop in the ocean."
After hearing Dong Jing's words, my eyes widened.
With 30% of the shares of Chen Group, you can buy more than ten villas like this.
"Then... wouldn't the adopted son of the Chen family have harmed himself by renovating the house in this way?" I was puzzled.
The furnishings in the large courtyard are obviously designed for the villa owner.
At that time, one of the owners of the villa was an adopted son of the Chen family, so it was inappropriate for him to do so.
My cousin frowned and said to me, "Didn't you read the gossip news? The general in the big courtyard had his villa transferred to the eldest son, so the adopted son of the Chen family sent it here."
What?!
According to this reasoning, I feel that things are not simple.
Moreover, this matter has been related to the adopted son of the Chen family since its planning!
"What should we do now?" Dong Jing looked at his cousin.
He looked at the sail on the formation. The sail was stable and balanced. It was obvious that the feng shui of this villa was very good even if it was intended to harm people.
But suddenly, the wind blew open the window of the villa.
The cold wind suddenly blew into the villa, and Fan naturally fell towards the living room.
Dong Jing and I looked at each other, and we both knew that there was something in there.
But the hall was guarded by a group of rats.
We are now in a dilemma.
"The things have to be obtained before we can continue to clean the house."
After Dong Jing finished speaking, she wanted to go to that place.
But my uncle stopped me with his hand: "Start from the top and sweep downwards. Since the mice are staying here, it means two things. Either there is something in this house that these mice need, so they are willing to stay and help guard the house. Or there is something in this house that they are afraid of, so they are forced to stay."
"Now that we know the things are in the hall, we are not in a hurry to get them. The most important thing is to drive away the rats so that we can be safer."
What his cousin said made sense, but he still had to stay on the first floor and watch the formation.
Dong Jing and I looked at each other, and just like before, we went up the middle stairs to the second floor, and then started sweeping the house from left to right.
I went to the left, but found nothing there.
I was just about to retreat back to Dongjing's side when I heard her shouting.
"Wen Jie, come here!"
When I heard her voice, I was afraid that she might have an accident, so I ran over quickly.
When I arrived, she was standing outside a room.
The lights in the villa were on, but there was no light in the room. The door was open and it was pitch black inside.
"Give me the flashlight." I stretched out my hand and asked Dong Jing.
She put a high-power flashlight in my hand. Although I was afraid, I was a boy and my sense of responsibility made me stand at the forefront of danger when something unexpected happened.
Turning on the high-intensity flashlight, I slowly explored inside.
There was nothing in the room, but what surprised me was an iron cage.
There was a big rat in the iron cage, which was bigger than the rat I had just seen.
The big rat was just like a Labrador retriever. It looked very fat. There was some water and food next to the cage. It must have been fed by someone.
The big rat was golden all over. I had never seen a rat like it before.
"What's going on?" I seemed to be asking Dong Jing, but it sounded more like I was talking to myself.
The big golden-haired rat was not afraid of people at all, which further confirmed my idea that it must be fed by someone, so it was not afraid of people.
I shone a high-powered flashlight at it and it dodged for a moment before looking straight at me.
The golden-haired rat was very smart. It seemed to know that I was not its owner and signaled me to open the iron cage.
"No, what if it attacks you? It's so big, there's no way the two of us can handle it. And we don't know if it has any virus."
When Dong Jing saw me taking action, she reached out and pulled me.
"I'll just take a look. I won't be too close. Don't worry."
After saying that, I walked towards the big golden-haired rat.
This iron cage is extremely sturdy and I can't find the mechanism to open it at all.
Seeing that I had no intention of helping, the big golden-haired rat began to run around anxiously in the iron cage.
Its movement attracted the attention of other little mice, and soon, a group of little mice surrounded our house.
But strangely enough, the bunch of little mice just watched from a distance and didn't dare to run over and attack us.
Why is this?
My eyes rolled around and I kept thinking of countermeasures in my mind.
"Could it be that this big golden-haired rat is their leader? And the slightly bigger rat you saw just now is just the second in command?"
Dong Jing's words reminded me that this is indeed a possibility.
"So what do you think we should do now? We can't just stare at each other. I'm afraid the little mice outside will think we are incompetent and attack us." I asked her.
She also stood there without saying anything, as if she had no other choice.
